Alexander wilbuk



ALEXANDER; lwrnnnl; OrgLANcAsTER', PENNSYLVANIA.

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` of the city and countyv of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certa1n new and useful Improvements 1n Bar- -rel Machinery; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part thereof, in whichl Figure l denotes a side view. Fig. 2, represents a vertical section taken longitudinally through one half of the machine (both ends being the same), and Fig. 3'

represents a view of the face of one of the cutter wheels.

Similar letters in the several figures denote like part-s.

The nature of my invent-ion relates to the manner of hanging and operating the crozing tools, so that they may be brought into,

lor thrown out of operation without stopping the rotation of the cutter wheels, upon which they are placed.

To enable othersv skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the draw- Il, represents the bench or table upon which the machine stands, and B, B1, the base or supports upon which the parts are placed, the one B, being fixed permanently, and the other B1 movable, on a dovetailed tongue C, so as to be adapted to barrels of different lengths, and to enable the operator to readily place the barrels in the machine, and remove them when dressed.

D, is a lever for operating the base B1, and E, a rack, into which a catch or projection on the lever drops to hold the barrel firmly while being operated upon by the several knives or cutters.

F, F1, are two rims or wheels fixed rigidly to their respective bases B, Bl-the one F, immovable, the other F1, sliding with its base. The barrel to be dressed, has one of its ends first slipped into the ring, rim or wheel F the base B1 with its corresponding ring F1 is slid up by lever D, and the barrel` is firmly clamped in these rings, where it is held while being operated upon at both ends by the end dressing, chamfering, crozing (and howeling if used) knives.

G, G, are upright supports on each of the pieces B, B1, in the tops of which are made proper bearings for the shafts H, H, to

anyv first mover to .fpass over, to give them motion. 'Ihe inner ends of each of th shafts carry al disk or cutter, wheel J, to which is attached the vseveral cutters for dressing each end of the barrel, and cutting the croze for the heads. AThe shafts H, I-I, are hollow, or suitably bored out to receive the rods'a, a, which are connected to a sliding piece K, at each end of the machine, said sliding pieces being operated by their respective levers L, L; Sliding pieces M, M, are also connected. to the outer ends of the shafts H, H, which are moved by their respective levers N, N, these levers and sliding ypieces being so arranged as that they may be operated separately as will be hereafter explained.

In suitable grooves on the face of the disks, or cutter Wheels J, are arranged the crozing tools Z), b, Fig. 3, of which there may be one, two, or more. These erozing tools are restrained within the periphery of the cutter wheels, by springs C, C, and when they are to be thrown into operation, which is after the chamfering is done, the levers L, L, are drawn t-owardeachy other, which forces the rods a, a, through the shafts and their points, which are tapered for the purpose as seen in Fig. 3, between the ends vof the crozing tools, or the pieces to which the crozing tools may be attached, and forces them out. This is donegradually so that they may not take too rank a hold on the wood. When the croze is cut, the levers. are swung back, and thesprings c, c, immediately drawin the crozers.

The operat-ion will be clearly understood from the drawings. The barrel after itis rotate each of Isaid shafts being provided i with pulleysI, I', for a v.belt or band from set up, is firmly clamped-in the rings F,

the levers N, are then drawn toward each other, which drives up the cutter wheels into the ends of the barrel; by its rapid rotation each wheel dresses one of the ends,

cutter wheels is constant, and not interfering with the removal or replacing of the barrels, and much time is saved thereby,

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fonif the cutter Wheels had to be stopped thrown into o1' out of operation While the 10 and again' started at each operation, there cuttei1v head continues its rotation, by means Would be little economy in machine over "of the center pin or its equivalent substanhand Work. tially as described.

5 Havinfr thus fully described the nature of l Y ,l

my invertion, What I claim therein as new, ALEXANDER WILBUR' and desire to secure by Lettersv Patent, is- Witnesses:

So combining thecrozngVV tool :With the A. B. STOUGHTON,

cutterhead as that said crozing tool may be SAML. GRUBB. 

